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940- M. PARIDON MACHINE FOR BOOKING MATCHES 2 Sheeis-Sheet 1 Filed Feb.21,. ,1940

M. PARIDON MACHINE FOR BOOKING MATCHES Dec. 31, 1940.

Filed Feb. 21,, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 0% mm mm mm, a

Patented Dec. 31, 1940 UNITE s orrics Michael Paridon, Barberton, Ohio,assignor to The C Diamcnd Match Company, New York, N. Y., a corporationof Delaware Application February 21, 1944 Serial No. 320,002

6 Claims.

This invention relates to machines for booking matches, and moreparticularly to a machine of the type disclosed in United States PatentNo. 1,042,472, dated October 29, 1912. The machine forming the subjectof the patent mentioned comprises a carrier consisting of an endlesschain of pocketed links (each including a resilient clamping memberconstructed and arranged for intermittent movement along an extendedpath 10 in which are included in succeeding order mechanism whereby flatcovers for match books are folded at one end and inserted in theadjacent links of the carrier in such manner that the folds projectrearwardly of, and the bodies of the covers are clamped in, the links;mechanism whereby conventional match strips are pushed flatwise into therespective links and with the bases of the cards within the end folds ofthe covers, the matches thus being clamped against the bodies of therespective covers; mechanism whereby the associated cards and covers arestitched or otherwise fastened together while they are borne by thecarrier, and mechanism whereby frictionpaint material is applied to theexterior of the re- 25 spective covers during their travel. In theabsence of a cover or covers from a carrier link or links when theyleave the match card inserting mechanism, the uncovered cards (unlessthey have been promptly removed by an attendant) progress to thepainting and other succeeding mechanisms included in the book makingcycle, thus requiring the temporary stopping of the machine and themanual removal of the match card or cards. 7

The object of my invention is to provide the booking machine with asimple and efiicient attachment whereby the match cards that have beeninserted in carrier links from which the covers have been omitted arerapidly removed-from the links, and this without interference with theproperly associated cards and covers borne by the carrier, whichattachment is conveniently interposed between the stitcher and thefrictionpaint applying mechanism.

With this object in view my invention comprises novel features ofconstruction and combinations of parts which in a preferred form ofembodiment of my invention will be hereinafter described; the scope ofthe invention being expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a partial front elevation of a matchbooking machine equipped with match card removing mechanism embodyingthe principle of my invention, only so much of the machine being shownas is necessary to illustrate theinvention.

Fig. 2 is apartial plan of the machine, including the match cardremoving mechanism- Fig. 3 is a plan of the said mechanism and adsjacent portions of the guide trough and endless carrier of the bookingmachine.

Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7 are transverse vertical sections in a plane throughthe said mechanisms, as on the line :r-a: of Fig. 3, showing themechanism f, in succeeding positions in relation to a carrier link andits contents.

Referring to the drawings, l0 designates the supporting frame includingthe table I l of a typical match booking machine; It the main cam '15shaft which extends longitudinally of the frame and beneath the table,and I3 a portion of a carrier which is intermittently actuated by andfrom v the cam shaft through suitable gearing. The- H carrier comprisesan endless chain of pocketed20 links adapted to travel in alongitudinally extending guide trough I4 which is suitably supported atthe rear of the table, each link of the chain including a base l5 withparallel side walls It having inwardly overhanging flanges ll, andincluding also a spring clamping leaf 18 which is secured at one end tothe base and inclined upwardly and rearwardly so that its free upper endcoacts with the under surfaces of the flanges. N

At one end of the machine are two spaced hoppers 59 each adapted tocontain a pile of flat book covers (C). The lowermost covers of therespective hoppers are ejected therefrom, and, in a dwell of thecarrier, are presented to mechanism including swinging blades 29effective to -'35 fold the leading ends of the ejected covers and insertthem in the adjacent carrier links. The folded ends of the covers thusinserted project through'the rear of the respective links while thebodies of the covers are yieldingly clamped m against the flanges ll ofthe links by the spring leaves l8. In the continued travel of thecarrier the covers are presented to mechanism including a pusher 2|whereby match cards (M) are inser ed in the links which were previouslypreili sented to the cover-inserting mechanism. If the links have beenproperly supplied with covers the cards are pushed between thespringleav-es and the under surfaces of the respective covers so thatthe uncut bases of the cards are embraced BO by the folded ends of thecomplementary covers.

If, however, a cover or covers be absent the card or cards will simplybe entered and clamped in the link or links.

Usually two counterpart cards of matches, one

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hangs the path of the carrier.

card superposed on the other, are inserted in each link. The contents ofthe links are then presented to wire stitchers (S) which are supportedby a frame 22 spaced from the adjacent end of the frame l and areactuated in timed relation to the carrier I3 by suitable gearing,including a chain 23 passing about a sprocket wheel 24 fast on the driveshaft 25. The channel section'26 constituting an extension of thetrough,

spans the space between the two frames I0 and 22 and underlies thestitcher heads, thus guiding the carrier below the heads and presentingthereto, for binding, the basal ends of the complementary cards andcovers contained in the links. The assembled book elements, when bound,are transported by the carrier to friction paint-applying mechanism (F);thence to the succeeding stations in the book making cycle.

The attachment embodying my invention for removing match cards from thecarrier links from which covers have been omitted at the cover-supplyingstation, is mounted adjacent the path of the carrier in a locationfollowing the card inserting station, preferably between the stitchersand the friction-paint applying mechanism. In the case of a bookingmachine in which, as herein illustrated, provision is had for theinsertion of match cards in plural links during each dwell of thecarrier, the attachment includes a corresponding number of card pushingT anisms are identical in construction and operation and therefore adescription of one of the mechanisms in the form shown will suffice, as

follows:

Fixed to the rear wall of the trough section 26 are a pair of spacedupstanding brackets 21 in and between which is secured a shaft 28parallel with and rearwardly of the carrier. On this shaft is looselysupported the rearward end of a forwardly extending rocker head 29 whichover- This head consists of a yoke-like body shaped to provide lower andupper members 30 and 3|, respectively, merging with and forming parallelcontinuations of an inner semi-circular connecting surface 32. The

lower member 30 terminates in a forward downwardly-extending' tail piece33 that normally gravitates below the horizontal path of the book coversunless supported by a cover in the adjacent link of the chain, the freeforward end of .which cover rests upon and is sup-ported by a verticallyperforated fixture 34 on the forward wall Of the trough. In that eventthe rocker is maintained in horizontal position, or substantially so, asseen in Figs. 4 and 5.

Interposed between and transversely of the rocker members is a shaft 35which overlies the path of the carrier and which shaft is journaled inforwardly extending bearings in a pair of brackets 36 also fixed to therearward wall of the i 65, trough. In the present instance one end ofthe shaft 35 has fast thereon a sprocket wheel 31 which is operativelyconnected by a chain 38 with a similar wheel (not shown) on a drivenshaft of the booking machine, the ratio of the gearing being such thatthe shaft 35 makes one-half rotation during each dwell of theintermittently moving carrier and one-half rotation during each movementof the carrier. Fast'on the shaft 35 is a cam 39 which rotates inacounter-clockwise direction within the space between the rocker members30 and 3|, the contour of the cam being such that in an interval of eachrotation thereof the cam moves in contact with the upper rocker memberin a manner to lift the rocker a limited extent, and then escapes suchupper member to permit the rocker to gravitate to down position, theextent of the descent depending upon the presence or absence of a bookmatch cover beneath the tail piece 33. The rocker occupies its downposition until the cam again moves in contact with the upper rockermember. Undue upward movement of the rocker when its upper member isengaged by the cam 39 is prevented by a suitably-disposed stop 40 on theadjacent bracket 4! fixed to the shaft 28; it being noted that theinterval of contact of the cam with the upper rocker member is such thatthe nose of the cam escapes such member immediately after the succeedingcarrier link bearing a match card or cards, with or without a cover, isbrought beneath the rocker, thus affording ample room for theunobstructed passage thereunder of the advancing cover as indicated bythe dotted lines in Fig. 5.

Fast on the shaft 35 so as to depend laterally of the lower rockermember is a crank arm 42 to the lower end of which is pivoted, as at 43,the rearward end of an angular dog comprising a forwardly extending arm44 and an upstanding portion 45; the arm terminating in a depending 3tooth-like member 46 and the upper end of the arm portion 45 having alateral roller 41 which overhangs and rests, by gravity, on the upperedge of the lower rocker member 30.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that during the rotationof the actuating shaft 35 the crank 42 and the cam 39 are rotated as aunit in timed relation with the carrier, that the cam eifects andpermits the rising and falling motions of the rocker, and that the crankrotates the pivoted dog 44 about the axis ofthe shaft.

It will also be seen that during the rotation of the dog by the crankthe path of travel of the dog about the axis of rotation of the shaft isprogressively constrained and controlled by the:

contact of the roller 41 with the opposing parallel and curved innersurfaces of the rocker in such manner that in the downward stroke of thecrank to a position vertically below the axis of the shaft the camclears the rocker and the latter descends to and is maintained inhorizontal position by the contact of its tail piece 33 with anunderlying book cover, the dog then being supported in horizontalposition, or substantially so, with its tooth 46 slightly above thecover and rearwardly of the heads of the matches underlying the cover,as seen in Fig. 4. Therefore in the continued counter-clockwise rotationof the crank the dog travels rearwardly and longitudinally of,

but out of rubbing contact with, the book cover,

other carrier link is brought beneath the dog,

whereupon if a cover element be present in the advanced link the rockerwill be supported in raised position by the cover, and the dog willtravel idly rearward and back again. However,

if the cover element be absent from the advanced link the rocker,descending, will permit the dog to sink below the plane of the matchcards, as seen in Fig. 6. Consequently in the next rearward motion ofthe dog the tooth will abut the opposing match heads (as seen in Fig. 7)and thereby push the cards rearwardly from the link. So in the operationof the booking machine the dog will be actuated in timed relation to thecarrier to remove from the links any contained match cards that are notassociated with their complementary covers.

It is to be understood that my invention is not limited to theparticular exemplifying form of embodiment thereof herein disclosed, asthe mechanisms may be modified within the principle of the invention andthe scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a match booking machine having a travelling carrier to receive andtransport a succession of assembled covers and match cards, mechanismfor ejecting from the carrier match cards from which the covers havebeen omitted, comprising a match card ejecting member, means forsupporting said member and moving it back and forth above andtransversely of the path of the carrier, a vertically-movable guideelement for said ejecting member, means for actuating said element toeffect and permit its upward and downward movements, said element havinga depending member which in the absence of an underlying cover descendssufficiently to lower said element with the ejecting member positionedto abut the opposing match card during the rearward travel of saidmember, thereby ejecting the card from the carrier, and which dependingmember in the presence of an underlying cover is limited in its descent,thus maintaining the said member with its acting end positioned to moveidly over the cover.

2. In a match booking machine having a travelling carrier to receive andtransport a succession of assembled covers and match cards, mechanismfor ejecting from the carrier match cards from which the covers havebeen omitted, comprising a match card ejecting member, means forsupporting said member and moving it back and forth above andtransversely of the path of the carrier, a vertically-movable rockerhead overhanging the carrier and mounted laterally thereof, and meansfor actuating said element to eifect and permit its upward and downwardmovements, said rocker head having guides for said ejecting member andhaving also a depending member which in the absence of an underlyingcover descends sufilciently to lower said head with the ejecting memberpositioned to abut the opposing match card during the rearward travel ofsaid ejecting member, thereby ejecting the card from the carrier, andwhich depending member in the presence of an underlying cover is limitedin its descent, thus maintatining the said ejecting member positioned tomove idly over the cover.

3. In a match booking machine having a travelling carrier to receive andtransport a succession of assembled covers and match cards, mechanismfor ejecting from the carrier match cards from which the covers havebeen omitted, comprising a crank mounted to rotate above the path of thecarrier, a match card ejecting dog pivotally connected with the crankand overlying the path of the covers, a vertically movable head forsupporting said dog and guiding it in its path during the rotation ofthe crank, a cam arranged in co-operative relation to said head to liftand permit the descent of said head at determined intervals, said headincluding a member under the influence of an opposing cover, and meansfor rotating said crank and cam in timed relation to the carrier,whereby in each rotation of the crank and cam the said dog is positionedto move idly over an underlying cover present in the carrier or to abutand remove from the carrier a match card devoid of a cover.

4. In a match booking machine having a travelling carrier to receive andtransport a succession of assembled covers and match cards, mechanismfor ejecting from the carrier match cards from which the covers havebeen omitted comprising a driven shaft mounted to rotate above the pathof the carrier, a crank fast on said shaft, a match card ejecting dogpivotally connected with said crank and overlying the path of thecovers, a yoke-like rocker mounted for vertical oscillation andaifording a guide for the dog during the rotation of the crank, a camfast on the shaft and rotatable within the rocker, said cam co-actingwith the upper portion of the rocker to lift and permit the descent ofsaid rocker at determined intervals, and said rocker including adepending member under the influence of an opposing card, whereby ineach rotation of the shaft the said dog is positioned to move idly overan underlying cover present in the carrier, or to abut and remove fromthe carrier a match card devoid of a cover. I

5. In a match booking machine having a travelling carrier to receive andtransport a succession of assembled covers and match cards, mechanismfor ejecting from the carrier match cards from which the covers havebeen omitted, comprising a driven shaft mounted to rotate above the pathof the carrier, a crank fast on said shaft, a match card ejecting dogpivotally connected with said crank and overlying the path of thecovers, and means including a member controlled by the presence andabsence of a cover to determine the idle and active positions,respectively, of the said dog in respect to the plane of a match cardadvanced by the carrier to a position below the dog.

6. In a match booking machine having a travelling carrier to receive andtransport a succession of assembled covers and match cards, means forejecting from the carrier match cards from which the covers have beenomitted, comprising a match card ejecting member movable transverselyand vertically in respect to the path of the carrier, and meanscontrolled by the presence of a cover in the carrier to maintain saidmember above the cover, but in the absence of such cover to permit saidmember to descend into abutting relation to the adjacent ends of thematches borne by the carrier.

MICHAEL PARIDON.

